Washington State University Libraries

Cage 4957

M. Orion Monroe

Papers, 1915-1916

Acquisition And Processing Information

M. Orion Monroe donated this collection to the Washington State University
Libraries in 1970 (VF 1035; MS 1987-05). It was processed in 2009 by Cheryl
Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian.

Extent/Quantity Information

Number of Containers: 3 folders

Linear Feet of Shelf Space: .1

Biography

M. Orion Monroe, a student at Washington State College (now University),
began this project with a paper written for History 22, Frontier History of the
United States, in 1915, and published it the following year in the Washington
Historical Quarterly.

Collection Description

This collection consists of two typescript versions and the published
version of "A Critical Discussion of the Site of Camp Washington" by
M. Orion Monroe, with a small amount of related documentation. Camp Washington
was the name given to the site where Isaac Stevens and his exploring and
surveying parties camped from October 25-30, 1853. The typescript versions
include photographs, and the issue of the Washington Historical Quarterly
containing the published version (volume VII, number 1, January 1916) includes
interleaved related newspaper clippings.